It Is Art & A Message For Future Generations

On

September 9th, 2015,

I wrote a Post;

History Lost

where I said we are losing valuable information about our past by using

Social Media

instead of writing letters with

Pen & Paper.

Researchers have used these written letters,

throughout the ages,

to get insight into some of

World's Most Historical Events.

I used evidence from someone who was born in 480 B.C.

"If Hellanicus did not write down that the Persian Queen Atossa wrote the first letter, how would we know?"

I also believe,

we are destroying valuable

History,

for

Future Generations 

when we destroy

or erase

Graffiti!

The History Books

are written by the

Elite,

to tell the

Elitist's Story.

Who want their

Generation Known

for what they believe it stood for.

It is not until you hear the words of the

General Population

who worked in the trenches,

like the

Poor & Middle Class,

who really built those

Great Societies

for the

Elite,

do you truly understand what

Historically Happened.

Graffiti Is Art.

An

Expression

from the

Youth

of our day.

I agree,

some of their platforms should not have been

Tagged.

So we need to find areas in our landscape so they can be

Tag,

Bomb,

and

Painted.

So future

Researchers

know what it was like,

in our time,

to live in those

Trenches,

not the

Penthouses.

Here is an example of

Graffiti

where you only here about the

Rulers,

the

Famous,

and the

Rich.

Sure,

they are starting to find small tablets at some dig sites where the

Common Individuals

 and

Slaves

wrote letters on stone to each other.

But until recently,

we would have only understood the lives of the

Elite

in

Egypt.

That was

and is

Graffiti.

Without it,

we would have known nothing of the

Egyptian Empire

except that it existed.

And how about the
Tagging
on
Cave Walls,
before there were any
Elitists.

They weren't complaining about defacing a

Cave Wall.

They were telling

Future Generations

that;

"We were here. This is what we did!"

If we didn't have,

what I believe was a decree on behalf of

King Ptolemy V,

to show how the three

Societies

can work together so they can benefit from trading
Goods & Services
between each other,

we would never have figured out how to read

Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

The Rosetta Stone.

These are all examples,
if done in today's
Society,
what we would call
Graffiti.

Maybe in
Antiquity,

they would call it,

Writing Down Information!

This is,

I Believe Tagging Does Have A Place In Our History,

But Don't Get Me Started On Those Who Scratch Into Mirrors

And Especially Toilet Seats.

Now That Is Not Art,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“My students tag tables, walls, and chairs because their greatest fear is that no one will ever remember them. They do not believe they can give impassioned speeches, rally people in protest, paint masterpieces. They think they will die, small and forgotten, and it dictates their every action.” 

- Thomm Quackenbush -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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